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Authors:Betty Onyura, Emilia Main, Claudia Barned, Alexandra Wong, Tin D. Vo, Nivetha Chandran, Nazi Torabi, Deena M. Hamza
There is growing recognition of the complex moral and ethical tensions associated with evaluation practice. However, there are scant evidence-informed frameworks for cultivating ethical awareness or informing ethical deliberation across the evaluation landscape. Thus, we aimed to synthesize research evidence on evaluation ethics, and draw on these findings to develop an evidence-informed evaluation ethics framework.
Authors: Evan Poncelet,Sylvia White et al
This document was created in follow-up to the Canadian Evaluation Society 2025 conference session, Evaluation in the Drug Toxicity Crisis. It provides a summary of the session discussion and related resources.
Presenter: Celeste Ghiano, PhD
How about really shaking up the foundations of Evaluation practice? In this initiative, we believe that changing practices begins with changing concepts and understanding contexts, bringing new (and not at all new) ontologies, to change epistemologies and transform methodologies.
2025-11-15
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Call for Proposals Open: Be Part of the 2026 National Conference
We're excited to announce that the Call for Proposals is officially open for our 2026 National Conference!
Truth and Reconciliation for Evaluator, beginning January 15
This course offers evaluators an opportunity to actively engage with Truth and Reconciliation.
2025-11-12
Call for CES Fellow Nominations Due January 30, 2026
The CES Fellowship is the highest honour bestowed on a member. The Fellowship recognizes leadership and prominence in the field of evaluation, significant lifetime achievements, and exceptional service to the profession.
Call for e-Institute Director expression of interest: open until filled
The CES Board of Directors is recruiting for the e-Institute Director position!
2025-11-11
C2026 Call for Proposals Opening REALLY Soon
This Friday, November 15! Get ready to enter your proposal!
Registration Now Open for Winter Cohort of Survey Methods Plus
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A Great Career
In 1989, I won the CES Student Essay Competition and a free trip to that year’s conference in Toronto. So I joined CES under a student membership. I realized there and then that everything my then professor and mentor, CES Fellow Dr. Anita Myers, had said about evaluation was true – it is a great career opportunity.
Since then, I’ve been a member for more than 30 years. I particularly enjoy the e-news blast that brings all sorts of opportunities to my attention every week.
I found the process of applying for the Credentialed Evaluator (CE) designation to be one of the best opportunities ever to reflect on my practice. As an external evaluator, I can’t say I’ve ever felt “isolated” as an evaluator, but through my CES membership, I’ve gained a lot knowing that I’m part of something larger, professional and amazing.
I still speak with a new or emerging evaluator every few months and the first thing I tell them is to join CES and connect with the mother ship. The second thing I tell them is to get involved with their local Chapter to begin making connections and getting the lay of the land. My CES colleagues have now become, and will remain, friends for life, even when my logic model days are over.